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Note Raising Extraordinary.

LEBANON, July 2sA woman who claim
yesterday bought SO 80 worth Of clothing
from A. s: SteeIman and rendered 500
silver note in payment. Mr.. Steelman Sc
cured change from George w. Imboden. of
the Central House The latter has now dis
covered that the note Is really SO bin rails
ed to 500 Over the large figure TO- saip
with 100 has been pasted, while in the
centre and at the four corners the word ten
has been erased The work is cleserly done
but easil, deieeles Mr. Matz who casually
intimated that she had just inherited $500,
has disappeared She is about rs years of
age.
This afternoon the woman was traced TO
Pine Grove, where il was found that her
name was Zimmerman She had passed a
similar bin there, and il found lis way into
hands of Agent Felty, of the Reading Rail
road. He deposited it in the Pine Grove
Bank, and upon the discovery that it was a
doetored bill he made good the amount with
sl0O in gold. Mrs Zimmerman heard the
officers were after her and in order to escape
arrest paid Mr.. imboden 500 in gold mon
ey and s. for expenses. Both the bogus
notes were identical in appearance, and Zim-
norman claimed that they came from lot
terry No arrests have been made, but the
Secret Service officials are expected To take
cognizance ofthe bold counterfeiting.
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CossEIsvLL., Pa. July 2s.At an early
hour this morning. as engine 5i1, with a
heavy train of mixed freight, was passing
over the Mt Savage bridge, a few miles west
of Cumberland, the structure gave way and
and the engine and number Of cars were
precipitafed into the gorge below
Engineer VIM Discroll and Fireman VIM
Payne were inst antly killed, and brake
man, whose name could not be learned, was
seriously injured.
There had been waterspout along the
headwaters OF the stream over which the
bridge was built, and the peirs were darnag-
ed to such an extent that the bridge could
not sustain the weight of the train.
The bodies Of the dead train men are still
under the wreck Passenger trains have been
delayed several hours. Trains are running
past the wreck by way of the Cumberland
and Pennsylvania Railroad.
At the offices Of the company in this city
the authorities say their information in re-
gard 10 the accident is meagre but gave such
as was at their command. The fireman and
engineer live at Connellsville. The latter
has been on the road some years. The ae-
cident occurred at Mt. Savage junction, where
the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Road
meets the b e. o. At this point there IS a
small stream. The bridge over the stream
is reached by trestle. The stream was
swollen very quickly by an exceedingly
heavy rain, and some of the under timbers
were washed out leaving the rails and upper
timbers intact. When the engine ran on the
structure it gave way under the weight and
the engine and three cars of coal went down.
Ii has never been supposed that the stream
could rise 50 high IN such short space OF
time. 1t is estimated that the damage may
reach 5000
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A SomnambuIist's Ride.

WILLfAMsroRr, Pa, July 30.-Ben HUI
iisch an engineer ON the Philadelphia aud
Erie railroad says that the other night, as
his engine was skimming along al a thirty
mile-an hour rgte near Analomink he no.
ticed something white tluttering on his cow
was from his cab, and he climbed out and
walked along the guard rail to the smoke
stack. Peeping over and looking down
on the pilot he was horrified to see the
blanciied face of young woman turned up
ward, with a look of terror in her eyes,
while she grasped the bars Of the cowcatcher
to hold herself on her perlous perch. She
was in her night clothes.
The engineer hastened back To his cab and
reversed his engine When it had come TO
standstili he hurried out to the aid of the
mysterious passenger he had on ahead He
with difficulty loosened her grasp on the
pilot bars, and il was some time before the
young woman recovered sufficiently 10 give
an account of herself She then said that
her name was Susan Cooley, the daughter Of
a well-known resident OF Analomink She
is 4 somuambulist, and she must have got
upin her sleep, walked down the railroad,
and in some way climbed upon the cow
catcher unobserved while the train was
standing at the station. The first she knew
was when she was awakenen by the locomo-
tive wbistling. Il was then some time be-
fore she realized where she w.s, an wscn
the knowledge of her situation came to her
she became parly4,d with fright and seized
the pilot bars mechanically. Her escape
from terrible death was simply miraculous
The train was backed 10 Analomink, and
the young woman cared for aud seni home
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-03
Havoc Wrought by Tuesday Nights
Lightning and Rain.

READING, July 29.-Later particulars OF
last night storm indicate that II was the
severest ever known in this vicinity. The
total damage done TO railroad and private
property within radius of twenty five miles
of this city amounts TO fully $4,000. At
Coatsyille the breast of the water works was
washed away and the water striking the
Pennsylvania Railroad, washed the tracks
away for great distance. In addition to
other damages the railroad cornpany's loss
is $4,000. Repair men Of the railroads
eentering in this city which had their
tracks washed away were out all night and
il was noon to-day before the trains ran on
time The passenger train due here las,
evening which was caught between <wo
wash-outs near Shamrock Station, did not
arrive until this morning.
Near Fritztown, this county, Isaac Wen
rich's barn was struck by lightning and con-
sumed together with several horses. Loss,
81 1000. Near Hummelestown several repair
men took refuge in a wagon shed, which was
struck, and four of them were rendered un-
conscious for ten hours From all over this
and neighboring counties come reports of
railroad wash-outs, garden vegetables and
turck being carried away. Houses and barns
were struck by lightning the fire being put
out in many instances, and many animals
drowned in the flood.
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Denied a Pension.

WASHINGTON, d. C., July 29.--The Seereta-
~ of the Interior to-day denied the claim of
William Hedgspeth, ex-private in the Forty
second Indiana Volunteers. The case is an
uncommon one, and has been the subject of
much discussion by pension officials. Hedg
speth was captured in 1868 and confined as "a
prisoner at Andersonville. After remaining
in captivity five months he enlisted in the
Confederate army, he says, to escape starva-
ton, and so informed his fellow-prisoners,
adding that at the first opportunity he would
desert, and if possible made his way back 10
his old command After a short service in
the Confederate army be carried out his in
tentions, and finally reached his regiment.
IN which he served until discharged. Some
years ago Hedgspetil applied for pension on
the ground of disability contracted while in
the Federal service This fact was fully srrs-
tained The law provides that no one who
aided directly or indirectly the enemies of
the Government in the late war shall be per
mitted to draw pension Hedgspeth's brief
connection with the Confederacy made him
amenable TO the law His motive, it is said,
cannot be taken into consideration. opn-
ions by the dozen, some favorable and others
unfavorable, have been written upon the case
by the different officials of the Interior De
partmant. At last, after lapse of years, it
reached the Secretary of the Interior for final
action. The papers in the case, which are
very yoluminous, include a strong protest by
Commissioners Black against payment Of the
pension.
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PrTrsBUBGH, August IA storm accompa-
MED by rain. began here at 4:i5 yesterday
afternoon, and while it lasted the velocity ol
the wind was thirty->even miles an hour.
Signs trees, chimneys etc, We're torn down,
houses unroofed, and the new mill Of Graf,
Bennett x Co.. at Millvale, was blown down.
entailing a loss of $1,000 or Sj.0m. There
was the usual trouble at the Union Depot.
The water came down the hillside, covering
the tracks with clay and dirl and partly in
undating the cellar. Between Twenty-eighth
street and the depot the passenger tracks had
about half foot of mud upon them and
trains had to be sent in and ont over freight
tracks. The storm was also very severe in
Allegheny. Nearly everybody suffered more
or less in both cities. About one inch Of
water fell
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MIR. BIaine's sufferings.

A cable dispatch to the Cincinnati Calsulicf-
cil- Gagetteconlirms the report ofMr Blaine's
intention to return home by the first aeaila-
bic steamer. The Dispatch says Mr.
Blaine's health has suffered severely from
the terrible dampness Of the scotch misis
He is suffering intensely from rheumatic
pains in his back and arms, and IS moreover
troubled by disordered liver This state Of
Ill health has of course caused him 10 take q
very gloomy view of the discomforts OF a trip
on the continent, and in his present state of
mind and health lac ycarns above everything
else for the comforts of his own home He
docs not feel equal to wandering about from
one Indifferent hotel to another in France
and Germany while dampness of the Scotch
atmosphere renders it imperatively necessary
for his health that he should leave Mr. Car
ncgie,s hospitable abode at KiIgraston with
our delay. Ofcourse Mr.. Carnegie is greatly
disappointed at the turn things have taken
but IN view of Mr.. Blaine's complete loss of
appetite and sleep, he Is forced 10 admit that
a change of air would prove beneficial to his
distinguished guest. The dispatch adds
that Mr.. Blaine's proposed early return has
no political significance whatever
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Maryland Democrats.

BALTIMORE, July 27-The democratic
state convcntian this afternoon on the sixth
ballot nominated Elihu f. jackson, of Wi
comico county for Governor. \ recess was
taken until 5 O'Clock this evening and on re-
assembling Hon. William Pinekney White
was unanimously nominated for Attorney
General and Victor Baughman, of Frederick
county, was nominated for Comptroller.
Mr.. Jackson is engaged in the lumber trade
and his business has grown 10 large proper
tions He is highly esteemed in the eastern
shore section of the state where he lived all
his life The ticket as nominated is declared
will heal all discussion in the party The
platform adopted endorses the adninistra-
ton; urges delegates to congress To work for
a reduction of taxation opposes the intro
dnction of foreign paupers and conyicts, and
advocates an election law embodying the
features OF the Tilden law and such other
provisions as will assure purity OF elections.
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ousted from office.


CHAMBERsBURG, Pa, July 26.-The end of
the contested District Attorney election case
in this county was reached to-day, when
Judge Rowe delivered an opinion ousting
Hiram J. Plough, Republican, from the Of
flee, and declaring W j. Zacharias, Demo-
crat, elected Immediately after the delivery
of the opinion the oath of office was admin
istered 10 Mr. Zacharias The election for
District Attorney was held last November.
The vote for the county ticket in the first
ward of Chambersburg was over 80 below
that which was cast for the State ticket Is
returned by the official coHn.. \ contest
was begun by the friends OF Zachari;is, the
then incumbent IL was shown that num-
Der Of voters had east thoir ballots for Prohi-
bition candidates ON the county ticket, and
their votes had not been counted. The evi-
denee was considered sufficient on which to
order recount, aud the ballots were count
ed by an examiner and two attorneys. The
result showed that in the First ward Zacha-
rias had received Il OF the -, which made
the difference between the State and county
tickets Plough had received II, and were
scratched This made the total vote of Zach
arias in the county 1909, and that of Plough
lQO;
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Engineer And Fireman Killed.


CHICAGO. July 27.-An accident occurred
TO the Philadelphia and Chicago express. on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railway at York,
Ind, which resulted in the death Of the en-
gineer and firemen the passenger tiain and
the injury Of the freight engineer
The train left here at 6 O'Clock last night
and at York, owing to a misplaced switch.
ran into siding and into freight train
Shich was standing here. Engineer e. Cnl-
mer and Fireman Edward kooken, of the
passenger train. were both killed and W X
Devine, the engineer OF the freight, was bad
" injured, bui will recover il is thought
No one else was hurt
There is good reason for the suspicion that
the accident was the n=suli Of a deliberate
attempt TO wreck the train Thirty minutes
before the passenger train passed York an
excursion iraih passed safely over the switch
and after the accident it was found that the
switch lock had been broken open with a
heavy oaken club
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C1eveIand's Pilgrimage.

WAsHINGToN, July 29.-The President has
not vet made ont the program for his Fall
trip. He will consider all the unanswered
invitations To visit different cities that he
has before him, together with those that are
now on their way to Washington. and then
map out a systematic plan to be strictly adj
hered to throughout the trip. Whenever
and wherever it will be convenient for him
10 stop along the road he will do SO. There
may be many places where he would like 10
make prolonged stay, but under the cir
cumstances the outlook for more than
twenty-four hours stop in any one place i.
not very promising. The arrangements for
the trip will be completed about the middle
of August, when they viii be announced
Several members Of the Cabinet have already
signifiei their intention of becoming mem-
bers of the Presidential party.
Invitations to st. Paul and Minneapolis
were received to-day, and 1t is more than
probable that the President viii include
those cities in his Western trip.
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A Texas Miser.

BENHAM, July 29-Tom Bean, the wealth.
lest, one of the oldest and altogether the
most eccentric of the residents of this coun-
ty, died here, surrounded by negroes, with
whom he had lived for many years. Mr..
Bean came here in 1910 or 1912 as survey
or, and while lands were cheap and survey
ors scarce be surveyed on shares, thereby
securing thousands of acres of the most val
uable land in Fannin county and North
Texas. He lived in poverty and Seclusion.
being an old bachelor, and never sold foot
of land, except for the payment Of taxes.
His net estate is valued at 81 100000 He
claimed to have no relatives. He is sup
posed to have been about 20 years old. An
old, dusty Bible was found with the ages of
his negroes set down, but no record of his
birth or family history has been found. Ifa
will is found it is believed that his property
will all be left to negroes.
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The German Cleveland Ring.

The following is the record of very con-
siderable number of election officers in Balfi-
more "a selected under the direction of the
German Ring which il is now fair to design
ate as the Administration Ring, Thirty
three of these officers had been presented or
indicted for crime More than POO of them
were registered under names different from
those which were assigned TO them in the
directory or advertised by the supervisors.
Twenty-nine office holders or public en-
ployees, disqualified as such 10y law, had
been appointed judges Of elections, and most
of thcm had served Fifteen Of these judges
had previously been dismissed for bad con
duct from the police force, the tax depart
ment. the fire department and the sheriff.
office. Seventeen of those appointed were
not registered voters in the precincts for
which they were named, and fourteen OF
them served. Thirty-three who were ap-
pointed a. Republicans under the require
meuts of the law, and who served as such
were notoriously Democrats of bad repute.
OF THE Republican judges themselves. twenty
five were physically or mentally disqualified
These facts We're established by evidence
Cincinnati CoMmercial
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Dastardly Dynamiters.

CARLISLE, July 30.-The town has been
thrown into considerable excitement to-day
shops last night to blow up with dynamite
workman by the name of Harris, who since
his stay in Carlisle has made himself obnox-
ious to his fellow workmen The cartridge
had been placed under his bench, and when
the explosion occurred iron and other debris
were thrown in every direction through the
shop, wrecking machinery and windows.
Fortunately the workman was engaged with
the Others in eating his midnight lunch and
al the time was in a part OF the shop con
siderable distance from the cartridge Detec-
tectives have been employed TO apprehend
the person or persons implicated in the act.
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ton district Of which he shall at the time BE-
resident and not elsewhere:
First. He shall have been IA citizen Of the Uui..
ed States at least thirty days.
Second. He shall have resided i'm Jbe stale ons
year i0r IT, having previously been q qualified
eiect0r OF native born citizen of the stlte b.
shall have removed thereirom and returned then
six mOnthsl Immediately preceding che election
Third le shall have resided in ihe election
district where he shall nder 10 vote az le.s. thirty
days Immediately preceding che election The
legislature at the session thereof next after he
adoption of lits section, shall. and frpm time 20
time thereafter may, enact laws 90 properly 70.
force this provision
Fourth Every male citizen Of the ase Of tssa.
ty-Cue years, who shall have been citizen igT
thirty days and an inhabiidut of this state one
year next preceding an election. except at muue
ipal elections ana for the last thirJy days ts-f
dent of The election district In which he mas Of.
fer his vote snail be entitled 20 vote I such eac-
tion in the elec.iOn district Of which ug snai d.
the time be resident and not elsewhere ior al
officers that now ara OF hereafter may ot elected
By the people PrDriteG TaAt IN gme ofWar 10
eiectcr in tho aetnai military service gi Che slIr
or of the DniteG states, in the army or navy
thereof shall be deprived of his vote hy reason of
his absence from such election district and tle
legislature shall have power io preyIde Che uau
ncr ia which and the time and place ai which
such absent electors may vote. and ior .he rdln
and canvass Of -heir votes in the election district
in which they respectively reside.
Fiith- For the purpose Of voting. nn per
sou shall he deemed 20 have guiuei Jr .e,t
residence by reason OF his presence or at-guce
while employed i'm the service 0f the United
~tnlr. or the state, nor while engaged rn the
navigation 0f he waters Of the sJ,ga urof The high
Sgas. upr while student 0i amy college lr sginl
nary OF learning nor while kept al any aims
house or public Institution, except the inmates of
any home for disabled and iHdigcnt soldiers and
sailors, who. for the purpose of voting. shall BE-
deemed 10 reside in the election di>tlict who're
said home is located. Laws shall be made .oT
asccr.aiuing. oy proper proofs, the ciJEeus uho
shah be entitled TO the right Of suffrage hefely
established.
true copy Of the Joint resolution
CHARLES ". STONE,
Secretary ufthe Commonwealth.
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il their hot indignation at the Presi-
dents order surrendering the battle flags,
the Grand Army men didn't stop TO
choose phrases For this outburst of
fealty TO old glory they were denounc-
cd by the Democratic press as swasl-
bucklers, pension swindlers, frauds, boun-
tyjumpers, fanatics and deserters, and
the howl was raised that the Grand Ar
my organization had been turned into a
political machine Then came the sober
second thought, and these organs are
craw fishing in way that would make a
horse laugh. The Grand Army is not
composed exclusively of Republicans and
the Democratic veterans in the organiza-
ton didn't relish the pet phrases bestow-
ed upon IT,
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A Squirrel as a Surgeon,
San Francisco Examiner.

San Francisco Examiner
The children of James Wainwright, of
Taylor street, have little chipmunk for a
pet Not long ago the animal injured one of
its fore feet by being entangled in "a string of
thread The Inflammation of the foot at
tracted the attention of Mr. Wainwright,
who found that the thread was wound arouud
ihe member He cut the thread off but the
wound did not heal and in a few days the
flesh dropped off and left the bones exposed.
The little animal then went TO work and did
n most remarkable thing. He bit off or am
pntated the foot at what would correspond
to the wrist joint. In the course of few
days the bone still remained uncovered be
cause no provisions had been made for a flap
Of flesh to cover it, The chipmunk then
displayed wonderful knowledge of surgery.
With his nose he turned back the flesh and
bit off piece of bone above the end of the
flesh 50 that it projected beyond the bone.
In two weeks it had healed up and looks as
perfect as if a surgeon had done the work.
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An Organized Gang of Skilifui POST
office 2obbers Arrested


S.RANTos. July =. Deputy United States
Marshal Barring. Of this district, assisted BY
Officers Lewis and Coens. of The Scranton
police force have jus, brought TO light oneof
the most thoroughly organized bands Of
postoifice and railway depot burglars ever
unearthed in Northeastern Pennsylvania
The operations of This band have been chief
ly about Afinooka. Old Forse ruwnsIiip.
Lackawaisna aud Duyca. where they have
been bfssaking into p,,st-uilioS. stores aud
dwellings wherever thes thought it possible
to secure a haul The lepois af Lackawan-
na and Minooka suffered at their hands, the
former being entered three times during the
past four months.
Nine persons have been arrested, several Of
whom are boys ii. their teens. who have
been trained by the older men 70 enter houses
with an ease that riyaled professional work.
Theodore and Henry ScIieonrtte John Hun
old and Samuel steinbich were the Leaders
of the gang Hunold has been passing for
and in his pious character gained an access
To peoples llemes, thereby winning their
confidence and mapping out his work for
rubbing their houses When he was arrest
cd Today the officers found complete set of
burglars tools in his possession. a woman
named Jaeoby and her two sons are also
wanted by the officers, but 50 far they have
eluded arrest. Their latest depreciation was
the robbery of Fosters store, at Dnryea.
wherein the post-ofiice was located. Mar
sha Barring got upon their track through
an anonymous letter, which was finally
traced to one of the Scheonrate boys, offer
ing for reward to give information concern
ing the robbery Working ON this clue, the
Marshal and officers soon unearthed the
abode of the gang in the Twentieth Ward
this city, and yesterday took in several of
them. To-day they made additional arrests,
and they claim to have information which
will result in the imprisonment of several
others They secured also several wagon
loads of plumber. which inelndes all kinds of
merchandise and dry goods
Burglars tools Uf every description have
k.sa,, e.,,.,, al